Canghai City.
After a long and arduous journey, their dilapidated van finally made it to Canghai City, only to have its tires completely ruined as soon as they arrived.
Faluo took a drag of his cigarette and said with a helpless expression, "Um... next time I'll go report to the dean and I'll definitely get a more powerful car."
Su Zhe and the others were on the verge of tears.
Fortunately, we've already arrived in Canghai City.
Canghai City lives up to its name.
It's a city by the sea, but you can't see the sea because the entire ocean is blocked by a towering wall.
This is the wall that the illusion saw during the Canglan Tournament, but upon closer inspection, it is truly vast and boundless.
Su Zhe was shocked; this was even more imposing than the Ruined Pass.
After all, in coastal cities, those walls are as winding as the Great Wall, unlike the Ruined Pass which is a straight line that seems to stretch endlessly.
Su Xian seemed to have been there before, only glancing at them before paying no further attention. Ji Shao and Ji Mumu, on the other hand, disappeared after getting out of the car, clearly going shopping.
After all, they arrived three days early.
There's still some time before the Academy Tournament.
This period is for them to come and relax, get a few days of rest, and prepare for the Academy Tournament.
Canghai City is starting to get lively, with many students from other city colleges already arriving.
They're almost everywhere.
Many more people came to cheer for their team, just like watching a football match.
Without leading the way, Faluo simply slipped away, leaving the five boys bewildered in the wind, staring at the dilapidated van.
At this moment, Su Xian spoke up, "Why don't we find a place to stay first?"
Mu Hen and Su Zhe nodded vigorously.
They definitely needed to find a place to stay, since they didn't want to sleep on the streets. Moreover, with the population of Canghai City expected to increase significantly, both housing prices and other aspects would skyrocket.
Of course, they weren't short of money either. They had previously earned 30 million from Shi Nie, and each of them received 5 million, except for Su Zhe. He called his father and said that he had reached the Withered Sea Realm, and his father immediately transferred tens of millions to his account.
Make sure he eats and drinks well.
Su Zhe magnanimously said he didn't want it, which stunned Mu Hen.
The group then went to the city center and found a hotel.
On the street.
Mu Hen, his face full of anger, exclaimed, "Damn it, 10,000 for three days in a hotel?"
"He's probably treating us like pigs to be slaughtered!!"
Su Xian was also quite helpless; they were still too late, and most of the hotels had already been booked.
The problem isn't money; it's that Canghai City has too many people, mostly from other cities.
They were already quite lucky to have found a hotel; at least they had somewhere to stay.
Looking at it this way, the students from other colleges are really better off than them. At least their colleges prepare everything in advance, unlike their own college, where students just leave without any preparation.
It's like someone telling you they're going on a spontaneous trip, but then halfway through the journey they say they're broke...
"Sigh... you'll get used to it."
Li Chen sighed.
Now that they have a place to stay, the group rarely goes out for a stroll, since they've been staying in the academy cultivating for so long they're practically getting moldy.
The neon lights all around flickered in Li Chen's eyes.
This was his first time visiting a coastal city, and he was surprised to find that everything here was so developed.
When he was with Gu Cheng before, Gu Cheng had mentioned that the Human Race had Four Great Passes, but the environment at each pass was different.
The most developed of these was Ruined Pass, but it was sparsely populated. Canghai Pass ranked second, and the other two passes were indeed as dilapidated as the word "poor" suggests, with extremely harsh environments.
Antique Street
The men looked at the various weapons being sold, their expressions completely unmoved.
Su Zhe and Mu Hen, on the other hand, were looking around everywhere.
The two of them acted as if they had never seen the world before.
It was Mu Hen who suggested coming here, saying that he wanted them to see his ability to appraise treasures.
"Chen-ge, over here!"
Su Zhe ran to a place with a very large stall and shouted.
Li Chen and the others walked over helplessly.
A crowd had already gathered around the stall, where the vendor was enthusiastically introducing his products.
"This sword was once used by a powerful expert at the Withered Sea Realm. It's five years old, and it even contains a trace of Sword Intent!"
"You won't lose out, you won't be cheated. Starting price is 500,000."
The stall owner seemed to be auctioning off all his goods, constantly talking and only offering the reserve price.
The surrounding crowd gradually began to gather.
It looked like a mini-auction was about to begin.
Li Chen turned his head and asked, "Jianping, can you see the Dao Sword clearly?"
A flash of Sword Intent appeared in Jianping's eyes, as if he wanted to evoke the Sword Intent within that sword, but to no avail.
It's obvious that the sword is fake, and the Sword Intent they spoke of was all fake.
If someone happens to buy it, they'll likely be devastated. After all, the rule in the antique market is that if you're blind and buy the wrong thing, you can't blame the stall owner; they're just taking the bait.
But if you encounter someone with a fiery temper, they might just overturn his business on the spot.
However, some of the vendors do have some backing, otherwise they wouldn't be setting up stalls here.
Jianping said, "That sword is fake; there's no Sword Intent within it at all."
Li Chen probably guessed it too, after all, this is an antique market, and eight or nine out of ten things are fake.
Su Xian didn't care; they were just there to watch the excitement.
Su Zhe and Mu Hen, on the other hand, squatted by the stall, constantly feeling around at one item after another.
Suddenly, Mu Hen picked up a jade pendant, turned to Li Chen and the others, and whispered, "There's something fishy about this!"
The stall owner noticed that Mu Hen was holding his things and seemed interested in buying them, so he quickly said, "Young man, please don't damage my things."
These are all treasures!
Mu Hen stood up with a smile and said, "Boss, how much for this jade pendant?"
Many people looked over, staring intently at the Mu Hen's hand, seemingly trying to discern something.
However, it was all in vain. After all, most people were just ordinary people who wanted to pick up a bargain and resell it. As long as the items of the Sequence User had some ability, they would be very valuable, whether for protecting their own families or for other purposes.
The stall owner smiled and said, "Not expensive, not expensive at all. 1 million. This is a jade pendant I got from a Withered Sea Realm Sequence User."
"I don't know the exact capabilities, but you definitely won't regret buying it."
Mu Hen twitched his lips. This guy was really something else, something that belonged to the Withered Sea Realm Sequence User. Sure enough, all merchants have the same face.
"50,000 for one sentence, or I'm leaving."